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A decision made 10 March 2010 regarding: Rondel Site, Westmount Road, St. Helier - environmental impact assessment.

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2010-0040			Application Number: EIA/2009/1515 (If applicable)
Decision Summary Title :	Rondel Site, Westmount Road, , St. Helier.		Date of Decision Summary:		10 March 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Acting Principal Planner		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:		Acting Principal Planner
Written Report Title :	EIA/2009/1515 Screening RFR		Date of Written Report:		3 March 2010
Written Report Author:	Acting Principal Planner		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		Public
Subject: Rondel Site, Westmount Road, St. Helier EIA Screening RFR - Residential development comprising of 19 units. For Category B Housing.
Decision(s): The Minister considered the EIA Screening RFR (Environmental Impact Assessment/Request for Reconsideration) at a meeting on 10 March 2010, having first read the Department Report, including the applicant’s submissions and all consultation responses. Following consideration of the above documents, the Minister endorsed the Department Recommendation that the proposal was prescribed development under Article 2(3) of the Planning and Building (Environmental Impact) (Jersey) Order 2006.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister endorsed the recommendation of the Department on the basis that the subject proposal relied on the Westmount Quarry application P/2008/1778 to remodel the rockface. Furthermore, the Westmount Quarry application contained only indicative information in relation to the rockface, and in the absence of any contrary information, concluded that the implications of the remodelling work were significant, potentially in terms of noise, dust and other disturbance, volumes, traffic and landscape impact within the Green Backdrop Zone as identified in the Jersey Island Plan 2002.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: Agent to be notified by letter
Signature:		PLeg / PT Initials		Position: Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:				Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):